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A Trend That Has Put Google Into The Second Spot Behind Microsoft as The Browser Maker
Sep 4, 2013Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said Sunday. ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products, Mobile service
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a "Large Fine" for Failing
Mar 7, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a "Large Fine" Wednesday
Mar 7, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
Tags: Microsoft, browser ballot, Windows
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EU Hit Microsoft with a $732 Million Fine for Failing to Live up to a 2009 Settlement
Mar 6, 2013European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. The announcement made by Joaquin Almunia, ...
Tags: antitrust, Microsoft, alternate browsers
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Mozilla Will Automatically Block Third-Party Cookies Starting with Firefox 22
Feb 27, 2013Mozilla will automatically block third-party cookies starting with Firefox 22, which is slated to ship this summer, according to the Stanford University researcher who coded the change. The move, which will make it more difficult for ...
Tags: Mozilla, third-party cookies, company news
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Mozilla Is Taking Steps to Limit The Risk of Powerful Subordinate Certificate Authority
Feb 21, 2013Mozilla is taking steps to limit the risk of powerful subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates falling into the hands of attackers and potentially being used to issue rogue certificates for use in SSL snooping attacks. The ...
Tags: Mozilla, browser maker, browser
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Opera Would Ditch Its Own Browser and Javascript Engines
Feb 18, 2013Opera's announcement yesterday that it would ditch its own browser and JavaScript engines in favor of the open-source WebKit and V8 engines will let it compete in the lucrative iOS market. But Opera's CTO maintained that that was just one ...
Tags: Opera, JavaScript engine, browser, iOS market
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Mozilla Would Disable All Plug-Ins in Firefox Except The Latest Adobe's Flash Player
Feb 1, 2013Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. The feature, called "click-to-play," has been part ...
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Microsoft Is Close to Wrapping up Work on IE10 on Windows 7
Jan 23, 2013Microsoft is close to wrapping up work on Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) on Windows 7, according to a report published Friday. Citing sources enrolled in an invitation-only IE10 test group, Microsoft-watcher and ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley ...
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Microsoft Is Almost Ready to Release Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7
Jan 21, 2013According to a report published on Friday, Microsoft is almost ready to release Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, having told testers that the most recent build will be the last before the browser is released to the public. ...
Tags: IE10, Windows 7, Public Release
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a Built-in PDF Viewer Component Has Been Added to The Beta Version of Firefox 19
Jan 15, 2013A built-in PDF viewer component based on JavaScript and HTML5 Web technologies has been added to the beta version of Firefox 19, Mozilla said Friday. The browser maker described the built-in PDF viewer as more secure and safer than ...
Tags: Firefox 19, Mozilla, browser
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Orange and Baidu Have Developed a Co-Branded Mobile Browser for Android-Based Smartphones
Jan 15, 2013Mobile operator Orange and Chinese Internet giant Baidu have developed a co-branded mobile browser for Android-based smartphones in the Middle East and Africa. The browser is the result of an exclusive deal between the two companies that ...
Tags: Mobile operator, Orange, Internet giant, Baidu, mobile browser, MEA
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Microsoft on Tuesday Shipped a Major Preview of IE10 for Windows 7
Dec 31, 2012As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday shipped a major preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, using a moniker that hints at a final release as early as next month. Called IE10 Release Preview, the sneak peek arrived early ...
Tags: Microsoft, IE10, Windows 7, major preview
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MSN Is a Microsoft-Owned Portal with Roots in The Company's Internet Service
Dec 31, 2012A little more than a year after Mozilla debuted a customized version of Firefox starring Microsoft's Bing search engine, the open-source developer on Tuesday shipped another Microsoft tie-in, Firefox with MSN. MSN is a Microsoft-owned ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox, Microsoft, Bing search engine, MSN
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Is Vulnerable to Attack by Exploits That Hackers
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday. Microsoft said it will not patch the bug in Flash Player until what it called "GA," ...
Tags: Windows 8, Adobe, software, company news